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🚨NEW🚨WORKOUT🚨ALERT🚨Join Amy and Rhys in our latest #SweatWithSELF video as they take us through a 20-minute HIIT full-body workout. Let us know how. 20 Minute Warm-up Routine for Tuba. A great Daily Routine that includes studies in long tones, slurs, articulation and much more. The play-along recording has each exercise recorded twice. First with the exercise played by Gene Pokorny of the Chicago Symphony and then with just the accompaniment for you to play along with. By Michael Davis. Complete this 10 minute warm up routine to prepare your entire body for a workout. Then you'll love the free email lessons I've never released here on the blog. The 20 Minute Warm-Up Routine is a dynamic, comprehensive.

The 20 Minute Warm-Up Routine is a dynamic, comprehensive set of 15 exercises and 15 play-along tracks that will both warm you up and work you out. This routine will absolutely energize your practice routine. It gives you the opportunity to play along with and emulate four of the world's finest brass players. Whether it's Phil Smith on trumpet, Chris Komer on french horn, Michael Davis on trombone or Gene Pokorny on tuba, the 20 Minute Warm-Up gives you examples to strive for in a fresh and innovative way.

Includes 9ths chromatic 4ths, the 5th connections, interval attacks, octave flex, extended slurs, also includes play-along CD.

'This routine brings new life to your practice sessions. An invaluable addition to anyone's library, from student to top professional. Warming up doesn't have to be boring, lonely, or stale anymore.'
-- Erik Ralske (Principal Horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Faculty, Manhattan School of Music

Practice makes perfect.

As a beginner guitarist, I’m sure you’ve heard that over and over again.

And it’s true:

Practicing really is the key to becoming a better, more advanced guitarist.

But what exactly should you be practicing?

There are hundreds of musical concepts a beginner guitarist needs to understand, and finding the right place to start can be overwhelming.

But not anymore:

I’m going to share my very own 20 minute practice guitar routine for beginners.

The only thing you have to do is grab your guitar, follow along, and get practicing.

Plus, I’ll also share some awesome guitar practice software that can help you take your playing to the next level once you’ve grasped these basics.

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Before You Start:

Before you jump into our lesson, here are 2 important tips to keep in mind:

First of all, remember to set clear goals on what you expect to get from your practice routine.

This provides a lot of clarity on where you expect to be as a player and the steps you can take to get there.

These goals can be short-term and focus on the specific outcome you expect to get out from a particular session.

Before starting your first 20 minute lesson, for example, you might set the following goals:

They can also be more long-term and hone in on larger concepts of where you expect to be as a player in a month, 2 months, or even 6 months time.

The specifics of the goals you choose to focus on are completely up to you. Just remember to set these goals consistently so you know what you’re working towards.

Next, remember to build a weekly practice routine.

A good way to do this is to make a practice timetable at the beginning of each week.

Start by filling in your regular commitments and see where you can slot in the 20 minutes sessions explored at the end of this article.

Also, try to use scheduling apps or setting reminders on your phone to remind you to plan out your schedule each week as well as when individual lessons take place.

We’ve taken the liberty of preparing a simple 7-day practice schedule at the end of this article.

Feel free to use this routine or tweak it based on your needs and other commitments.

The Ultimate 7-Day, 20-Minute Guitar Practice Routine For Beginners

So, you’ve set your practice goals and planned out your weekly schedule.

Now it’s time to dive into your new beginner practice routine.

Below we’ll cover the key concepts that your beginner practice routine should cover.

These concepts are divided into 5 different sections.

Then, we’ll lay out a simple 7-day plan of how to fit these sections into separate 20-minute practice sessions.

Warm Up Exercises

Every practice session needs to include some basic warm up exercises.

These exercises are a great way to warm up the muscles in your hand and prepare you for further playing.

Plus, as you continue practicing them over time, warm up exercises also help you improve your technique in both your fretting and picking/strumming hand.

Here are 2 basic warm up exercises to practice every day before your main practice session:

1. Play the first 4 notes of each string, starting on the low E.

Make sure to play along to a metronome (the tempo isn’t important, just choose something you’re comfortable with), and remember to keep an eye on your technique so that each note rings out clearly. Here’s how this looks in tab form:

e|---------------------------------------------------------1--2--3--4---
b|----------------------------------------------1--2--3--4--------------
g|-----------------------------------1--2--3--4-------------------------
d|------------------------1--2--3--4------------------------------------
a|-------------1--2--3--4-----------------------------------------------
e|--1--2--3--4----------------------------------------------------------

2. Like the previous exercise, play the first 4 notes (frets 1 to 4) on the 6th string.

Then, follow it up by playing the following 4 notes (frets 5-8) on the next string. Continue this all the way up the neck until you hit the 12th fret on the 4th string, and then work your way back down. Again, make sure to play in time with a metronome. Here’s how this looks in tab format:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------3--2--1--0
b|--------------------------------------------------7--6--5--4-----------
g|--------------------------------------11--10--9--8--------------------
d|------------------------9--10--11--12--------------------------------
a|-------------5--6--7--8------------------------------------------------
e|--1--2--3--4-----------------------------------------------------------

Pro Tip:

To get more out of these warm up exercises, remember to play them both ascending and descending. This’ll seem challenging at first but will help improve your ability to move around the neck and general finger technique.

Section 1. Learning Basic Chord Exercises

As a guitarist, knowing how to play chords effectively and smoothly is super important.

Hence, one of the first concepts we focus on in this lesson is basic chord exercises.

Start by picking out some beginner guitar songs and get the chords for them.

This will help you get a basis of the chords you're going to practice.

Some popular choices include:

House of The Rising Sun by The Animals
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
Father and Son by Cat Stevens
Bad Moon Rising by CCR

You can get chords and lessons for these songs at Guitar Tricks, an online database of songs and practice routines we’ll explore in more detail later.

Let’s take Folsom Prison Blues, for example.

This country classic consists of 3 basic chords: E, A, and B7.

Best of all, it uses open voicings of these chords, which is perfect for beginner players.

So, without actually sitting down and learning this song, we can take some of these chords and build a basic 4 bar progression that looks like this:

E | A | E | A |

Set your metronome to a comfortable tempo (60 BPM is great for beginners) and play along to the click, making sure to keep time and focus on smooth transitions between chords.

20 Minute Warm-up Routine For Tuba